[CQ-Contest] Updated CQWW 2017 CW Results Posted

[John Dorr]

Hi Ken,

Common convention is that duplicate QSOs are never penalized but simply
ignored in the course of checking a log. For the CW contest, this policy
was changed to where duplicates not appearing in the other log were treated
as a NIL and penalized by the usual 3x factor, creating an erroneously high
error rate for many stations. Scores were subsequently "made right" by
re-scoring them via normal best practices, thus the re-posting of final
results and new LCR reports. It was and is the right thing to do.

Hope this helps. There is no cause for any concern. The historical method
has been put back in place for the CQWW contest and is what nearly every
other contest also implements for their checking processes.

73, John, K1AR


On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 11:11 AM, <ktfrog007 at aol.com> wrote:

> GM John,
>
> What was the methodology change for handling duplicate QSOs?  Dupes always
> seem to be a problem as many think dupes will result in a score reduction
> or penalty.  I was told this was a leftover meme from pre-computer logging
> days and not to worry now.  But it appears there is some issue involving
> dupes and maybe people should be concerned.
>
> 73,
> Ken, AB1J
>
>
> Good morning!
>
> As you may be aware, it was previously announced by CQ that all results for
> the 2017 CQ World Wide DX Contest would be re-scored based on the return to
> the usual and accepted methodology for handling duplicate QSOs <
> http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2018/05/2017-cqww-cw-
> contest-scoring-change.html
> >.
>
> I'm pleased to report that the scores have now been updated and posted
> on-line on CQ World Wide DX Contest Web site <
> http://www.cqww.com/scorescw.htm?yr=2017&mode=CW>.
>
> The good news is that there was minimal impact to the final scores with no
> significant changes to the final standings and only 40% of the total pool
> of logs affected at all.
>
> Thank you for your patience as we worked through this issue.
>
> 73, John, K1AR
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Dorr <cqk1ar at gmail.com>
> To: CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wed, May 16, 2018 1:28 pm
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Updated CQWW 2017 CW Results Posted
>
> Good morning!
>
> As you may be aware, it was previously announced by CQ that all results for
> the 2017 CQ World Wide DX Contest would be re-scored based on the return to
> the usual and accepted methodology for handling duplicate QSOs <
> http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2018/05/2017-cqww-cw-
> contest-scoring-change.html
> >.
>
> I'm pleased to report that the scores have now been updated and posted
> on-line on CQ World Wide DX Contest Web site <
> http://www.cqww.com/scorescw.htm?yr=2017&mode=CW>.
>
> The good news is that there was minimal impact to the final scores with no
> significant changes to the final standings and only 40% of the total pool
> of logs affected at all.
>
> Thank you for your patience as we worked through this issue.
>
> 73, John, K1AR
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